Erasing
You can quickly erase all elements, including notes, from the desired region.
- Choose the Selection tool
and select a region. See Selecting music for some region-selecting shortcuts.
- Press the BACKSPACE key or select Edit > Clear All Items. PrintMusic erases all music, leaving empty measures behind. (If you want to remove the measures too, press the DELETE key instead.)
- Choose the Simple Entry tool
.
- Choose the Eraser tool
, then click the note, rest or chord. The entire note, rest, or chord disappears, and the music that follows it slides to the left to fill the space. If you click on a single notehead within a chord, only that notehead will be erased.
- Choose the Speedy Entry tool
. Click the measure in question.
- Click the notehead you want to delete. You can also use the arrow keys to position the insertion bar and crossbar on the notehead.
- Press BACKSPACE. Alternatively, you can choose the Simple Entry tool
, click the Eraser icon, and click directly on the notehead to be erased.